1. Making Informal Arguments
CRWP:LWP
October 18 – 21, 2016
Instructor: Tonie Weddle, Bullitt Lick Middle School

2. Do the Following:
PAGE SET UP: On the left side of your journal, label the top with READING. On the right side, label the top with WRITING.
PROMPT: What are your thoughts about the topic Reality TV? (Write your response on the right side.)
Your interactions with
How you feel
What you’ve heard
Etc.
1) Get out your journal. 2)Turn to the next available page. 3) Label your Table of Contents: Reality TV

3. Reading Directions: On the right side of your notebook record: -What do you see or not see– images, words, colors, image placement? -What do you think about Reality TV based on this image?
Text #1

4. Discussion Sentence Frames Add to your writing
The image makes me question…
Now I am thinking…
I’m wondering…
Just as I was thinking earlier…
Discussion Sentence Frames Add to your writing

5. Let’s Look At a New Perspective
Read the LA Times article, “Girls and Reality TV Are a Potent Combo, Girl Scout Report Says”
While you are reading you will Mark the Text.
Additionally:
* Star key insights form research
F Use an F for a fact that seems important or compelling
Let’s Look At a New Perspective
Text #2

6. RESPOND to the new reading
On the READING side of your journal:
Choose two or three of your coded research/facts.
Write what the text said (quote) in your reading notes.
Why do you think this information matters when thinking about Reality TV?
RESPOND to the new reading

7. Arguments should be supported with facts and research.
WAIT FOR IT!
Arguments should be supported with facts and research.
When adding facts and research to your argument you should do the following:
QUOTE or paraphrase the information.
This information MUST BE RELEVANT to your claim.
Explain WHY this is important to support your argument or refute another argument.
Rationale for Doing This Work: Layers of reading and writing connect texts, add a variety of perspectives and angles, and may change our claim as we gather ore information

8. Sentence Frames:
On the other hand…
A different way of looking at…
This ________ makes me wonder…
Further supporting my thinking is…
Something I never considered is…
Add to Your WRITING: What new information from the research can you add? Include references to the insights you have, and facts from the research to support your thinking.

9. READING Directions:
Read and Mark the Text –
Purpose: Identify thoughts that stick out to you because they support, challenge, or extend your thinking about Reality TV. Underline what you have identified.
But WAIT, there’s more!
Do a second read.
Code the text with the following
C – claim being made
R – reasons
E – evidence or explanation
CC - counterclaim
Here We Go Again! We are adding a new layer of thinking with a different perspective
Text #3

10. It Says
(Students write actual lines form the text here)
I Say
(Record your response and thinking to the text line you wrote)
CREATE Turn to a new page in your journal. On the Left side do the following:

11. Here We Go Again! Add to your writing about Reality TV.
Here are some sentence frames to construct your thinking.
I understand,… However, I still …
In some ways I still believe…but…
Although the article states…
I used to think,… but now I am thinking…
Here We Go Again! Add to your writing about Reality TV.

12. What do think about Reality TV?
Do the following:
Start a new page in your journal.
Label it, My Claim (put this in your TOC)
Write your found claim.
Look through your writing and reading notes and find a claim you made regarding Reality TV. HIGHLIGHT it.
Now find the references you will use to develop and support your claim.
Highlight this information.
Add this information to your claim page.
Include your thinking.
Where can you add hedging language?
probably; usually; likely; should; most likely; often
Let’s practice.
Writing a Claim! Rationale – The reading and writing you have done provides patterns for you to find your claim. It is more than a yes/no or pro/con.

13. How do I write my claim? Opinion VS. Arguable Claim

14. FAME! Your thinking is important. Make it clear and concise.
FORM – essay
AUDIENCE – peers, teacher, National Writing Project teachers
MODE – argument
EXPLAIN – I am creating an argument about Reality TV to show what I think. I will write this in an essay format using a writing frame to organize my thinking.
FAME! Your thinking is important. Make it clear and concise.

15. LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE! “MOVES” writers make

16. Another “MOVE”

17. And Even More Moves!

18. Extended KERNEL Writing
Choose a frame.
On a piece of notebook paper (NOT torn out of your journal), start writing your argument.
You need the following:
Your claim
Evidence to support your claim
Explanation of your thinking to support WHY you are using the evidence selected to support your claim.
EXPECTATION:
Write a two page (front and back) essay.
Format in paragraphs.
Use complete sentences.
Use a frame.
Includes your claim, evidence, clear thinking, and insight.
Due by the end of class.
Extended KERNEL Writing